CONTEXT: PM inaugurates RE-Invest 2020. MAIN POINTS: The 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020) is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The theme for RE-Invest 2020 is ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’. The event is showcased as India’s biggest renewable energy event. The …
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CYCLONE NIVAR
CONTEXT Recently, the tropical cyclone Nivar has made landfall along the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast.Landfall refers to the phenomenon of a cyclone’s outer wall moving over the coastline and beyond. MAIN POINTS Tropical Cyclone: A tropical cyclone is an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized …
Read More »NORTHEAST MONSOON
CONTEXT: Rainfall over the southern peninsular region has been deficient so far, indicating that the northeast monsoon has remained subdued this year. Inter Tropical Convective Zone (ITCZ): The current position of the ITCZ has also contributed to the poor rainfall during the ongoing monsoon season. The ITCZ is a low-pressure …
Read More »PLATINUM PARTNER AWARD FOR EPFO
CONTEXT: EPFO conferred with Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App. BACKGROUND: As a majority of EPFO members are from the socio-economically disadvantaged sections, an accessible and affordable solution was needed to reach out to crores of EPFO subscribers. Considering the popularity and ease of usage of internet-based …
Read More »PRAGATI MEETING
CONTEXT Recently, the Prime Minister (PM) has chaired the 33 PRAGATI meeting.Interaction through PRAGATI is held once every month on Fourth Wednesday, known as PRAGATI Day. MAIN POINTS Highlights of the Meeting: The PM asked states to develop a state-specific export strategy, and reviewed development projects worth Rs. 1.41 lakh …
Read More »PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA (PMKSY).
CONTEXT: Recently, the Union Minister of Food Processing Industries has attended the Independent Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) meeting to consider the proposals received under the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster (APC) of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). MAIN POINTS: IMAC approved 7 proposals with a total …
Read More »NEGATIVE YIELD BONDS
CONTEXT: China sold negative-yield debt for the first time. 5-year bond was priced with a yield of – 0.152%, and the 10-year and 15-year securities with positive yields of 0.318% and 0.664%. What are negative yeild bonds? These are debt instruments that offer to pay the investor a maturity amount …
Read More »BRAHMOS MISSILE
CONTEXT: Recently, India has successfully test-fired a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The test by the Army comes over a month after the Naval version of BrahMos was successfully test fired from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai. Features : …
Read More »LACHIT BORPHUKAN
CONTEXT: PM pays tribute to Lachit Borphukan on Lachit Diwas. Background: During the last phase of the Battle of Saraighat 1671, when the Mughals attacked the Assamese forces through the river in Saraighat, many Assamese soldiers began losing their will to fight. It was Lachit’s clarion call to all the …
Read More »CHANG’E-5 MISSION
CONTEXT: China has launched an unmanned spacecraft to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the Moon in four decades. MAIN POINTS The Chang’e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists …
Read More »NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION
CONTEXT: Recently, the NITI Aayog has released “Accelerating Progress On Nutrition In India: What Will It Take”, the third progress report on the National Nutrition Mission or the Poshan Abhiyaan. MAIN POINTS Launched in 2018, it is the Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant …
Read More »UMANG INTERNATIONAL
CONTEXT: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs, has launched an international version of the government’s UMANG app.The international version of UMANG app called ‘UMANG International’ was launched to mark three years of UMANG (UMANG App was launched in 2017). MAIN POINTS: …
Read More »ATAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
CONTEXT: Union Education Minister inaugurates 46 online ATAL Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) organised by AICTE. KEY POINTS: 46 online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) were inaugurated to train teachers of higher education institutions associated with the All India Council of Technical Education in thrust and …
Read More »AVIATION SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK 2020
CONTEXT: AAI observes Aviation Safety Awareness Week 2020. About Aviation Safety Awareness Week: The AAI observes Aviation Safety Awareness Week during the last week of November every year. To raise awareness of aviation safety, AAI undertook various employee engagement programs at the airports and ANS stations like reviewing documents and …
Read More »SENTINEL-6 SATELLITE
CONTEXT: Recently, Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. MAIN POINTS: Sentinel-6-Satellite is a part of the mission dedicated to measuring changes in the global sea level. The mission is called the Jason Continuity of Service …
Read More »E-LOK ADALATS
CONTEXT: 27 E-Lok Adalats organized in 15 states. BACKGROUND: During the pandemic-induced lockdown, the various legal services authorities adapted to the new normal and moved Lok Adalats to the virtual platform. From June to October, 27 E-Lok Adalats had been organised in 27 states leading to the disposal of more …
Read More »UMANG MOBILE APP
CONTEXT: Online app UMANG completes three years. BACKGROUND: It is a unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app. It is a Digital India initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched in 2017. The UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is a Government …
Read More »SITMEX-20
CONTEXT: Recently, the second edition of the India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral Naval exercise SITMEX-20 concluded in the Andaman Sea. IMPORTANT POINTS: The Prime Minister of India, during his keynote address at Shangri-La Dialogue in June 2018 announced the conduct of a trilateral naval exercise between India, Singapore and Thailand. …
Read More »SIMBEX-20
CONTEXT Indian Navy to host Exercise SIMBEX-20 in the Andaman Sea. IMPORTANT POINTS: The 27th edition of SIMBEX, India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise is scheduled to be held in November 2020 (23rd – 25th) in the Andaman Sea. The annual bilateral exercise, started in 1994, is aimed at enhancing …
Read More »LAXMI DEVI TEMPLE: HOYSALA
CONTEXT: Recently, a Hoysala-era idol of Goddess Kali of the Lakshmi Devi Temple at Doddagaddavalli, Karnataka has been found damaged. Lakshmi Devi Temple: Lakshmi Devi temple was built by the Hoysalas in the year 1114 CE during the rule of king Vishnuvardhana. The building material is Chloritic schist, more commonly …
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